The seventh prince frowned deeply.
Empress Yan replied, "Supporting me to see the Emperor is absolutely not something that could shake the foundations of the nation."
"Your Majesty!"
The Third Prince suddenly appeared out of nowhere and knelt at Empress Yan's feet: "You have done enough for the Southern Frontier, and now you are burdened with infamy. Even your father does not understand you. If you go to your father now, it is tantamount to waiting for death. If we do not obtain military power today, we will all die."
"You scoundrel!" Empress Yan glared angrily at the Third Prince: "If you hadn't let the wolf into the house and been deceived by the Emperor, how could we have suffered this calamity today?"
"Your Majesty, that is my biological father. I... I was also deceived. My father is a terrible person. He doesn't even spare my wife and children. You know my father's temper. He is a complete and utter tyrant who doesn't care about anything."
"It's too late to say anything now!"
Empress Yan slapped the Third Prince across the face without any hesitation: "This is all your doing! You deceived me and let A-Yin down!"
The Third Prince covered his face and kowtowed to the Seventh Prince. Soon his forehead was covered in bruises: "It's my fault. I'll be torn to pieces. But the child is innocent. Please, Your Majesty, save the child. He's only a few months old."
Princess Jia Hua took a deep breath. The young prince had already been settled and sent to a safe place; he was not in the palace at all.
The Third Prince is a fraud.
"Seventh Prince, it's all my fault, please forgive me this time. Kill me or torture me, do as you please, I will not say a word." The Third Prince cried bitterly, saying, "Now Father has already taken action against Deputy General Zhou and Deputy General Chen. Deputy General Zhou was beaten black and blue, and Deputy General Chen is only half alive."
The Seventh Prince's expression changed drastically.
Empress Yan stopped him; "Ayin, you can't leave now if you don't leave. Your father has always resented you for confining him to his quarters, and he will never forgive you easily. Listen to me, you absolutely cannot hand over military power."
"Your Majesty?" The Third Prince was stunned.
Empress Yan said, "As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. If you leave Jincheng safely, we will have something to rely on, and the Emperor will be powerless against us."
Seeing Empress Yan's posture of "I'm doing all this for your sake," Princess Jia Hua wanted to clap her hands and cheer. This acting was so good, it could turn black into white and call a deer a horse.
She suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that she had drunk poison as soon as she entered the palace, thus preventing her from falling into the hands of the Empress. Otherwise, she couldn't imagine what methods the Empress Yan would have used to torture her.
"Your Majesty, what will we do if the Seventh Prince just leaves?" the Third Prince said anxiously.
Empress Yan fell silent.
The Seventh Prince stood up. "What's so difficult about that? Give me that seat, and everything will be resolved soon."
The Third Prince was suddenly stunned, his face turning pale and then red. He stared blankly at Empress Yan, who was overjoyed and wept: "If you can think this way, then that's for the best. A-Yin, this throne should have been yours to sit on."
The Seventh Prince stared at Empress Yan's expression, trying to see through her, but her acting was too good, and he couldn't figure out what she was thinking at all.
"It's just Jia Hua..."
“Didn’t you say there were still three days? If you calculate the time, an hour is enough for me, General Zuo, to enter the palace.” The Seventh Prince interrupted Empress Yan.
Empress Yan nodded: "I'm just worried that Jia Hua won't want to be restrained."
"If I were emperor, I would let her go." The seventh prince summoned his trusted confidants and ordered them to personally guard Princess Jia Hua. He slowly stood up, exuding a sharp killing intent that made people tremble with fear.
“A-Yin…”
The Seventh Prince ignored Empress Yan and rushed out with his long sword in hand.
This scene puzzled Princess Jia Hua.
Having come this far, what's the point of all this?
Has he really come to his senses and decided to take that position?
Despite her thoughts, she followed the Seventh Prince to the main hall. At this time, a large group of people were kneeling at the entrance of the main hall. The people in the front row were all important ministers, who were tied up and looked extremely disheveled.
Behind him were countless people, all of whom were also bound.
Countless archers surrounded the people, poised to strike with their arrows.
The people were filled with fear and unease.
The Southern Emperor stood in the center of the crowd, sword in hand, his gaze fixed on the Seventh Prince: "You wretched child, they all died today because of you. You are a sinner!"
The Seventh Prince gripped his sword tightly, wishing he could pierce the Southern Emperor with a single blow.
"If you are willing to stop, I will release them immediately, grant you the throne and leave Jincheng, and we will never see each other again. This will be the end of our father-son relationship."
As soon as the Emperor of Southern Xinjiang finished speaking, the people knelt down and cried for help to the Seventh Prince.
The crying was deafening.
The seventh prince's eyes were filled with coldness.
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